[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5598 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5598

                   For the relief of Barbara Makuch.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2000

 Mr. Reynolds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                   For the relief of Barbara Makuch.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PAYMENT.

    In consideration of the fact that Barbara Makuch--
            (1) served 22 years as a foreign counterintelligence agent 
        and dedicated her life to assist the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation in its efforts at the height of the Cold War to 
        combat communism, the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti 
        (KGB), and the Soviet Union;
            (2) was presented the Louis E. Peters Memorial Service 
        Award, the highest civilian award presented by the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation, for her valorous service; and
            (3) has not received employment assistance or health, 
        social security, or pension benefits, despite assurances that 
        she would receive such benefits upon her retirement,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not otherwise 
appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Barbara Makuch of East Amherst, 
New York, in compensation for the lifetime aggregate value of benefits 
earned but not received by Barbara Makuch.

SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.

    The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfaction of any 
claims that Barbara Makuch may have against the United States arising 
out of her service for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.

    Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under section 1 shall be 
paid to or received by any agent or attorney for services rendered in 
connection with the recovery of such sum. Any person who violates this 
section shall be fined under title 18, United States Code.
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